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10th Annual Awards Event
April 23, 2008
The Westin South Coast Plaza
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THE NINE 2008 FINALISTS
Innovative Approach to the Delivery of Healthcare
Alameda County Medical Center
Wright Lassiter. III, CEO
Oakland, CA

Alameda County Medical Center’s Rapid Entry and Accelerated Care at Triage (REACT) program has increased capacity, efficiency, and throughput in the emergency department. It is a multi-step process developed on the concept of “the right patient receiving the right care at the right time."
Sutter Health Partners
Margaret Sabin, CEO
Sacramento, CA

Sutter Health Partners’ LIVE WELL FOR LIFE program focuses on identifying the predictors of disease and intervening before disease status is reached. Used by 18,000 clients, the program is based on a personal health assessment and one-on-one wellness coaching, facilitated by e-health tools and interactive operability to extend the coach’s influence.
WellPoint’s Lumenos
Charlton "Chip" Tooke, Founder of Lumenos
Alexandria, VA

WellPoint’s Lumenos created one of the first Consumer Directed Health Plans. By enabling consumers to take a more proactive roll in managing – and paying for – their own healthcare, Lumenos spurred providers to be more transparent in pricing their services. Their latest offering is a Zagat Health Survey for patients to review and evaluate their physicians.
Innovations in Medical/Bio-Technology
Accuray, Inc.
Euan Thomson, Ph.D., CEO
Sunnyvale, CA

Accuray, Inc.’s CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System is the world's only robotic radiosurgery system designed to treat tumors anywhere in the body non-invasively and with sub-millimeter accuracy, resulting in improved quality of life and a non-surgical treatment option for those diagnosed with cancer.
Micro Imaging Technology
Michael Brennan, Chairman & CEO
Laguna Hills, CA

Micro Imaging Technology has developed and patented a laser-based technology for rapidly detecting and identifying bacterium. Typically it can take as long as a week to confirm contagion with the deadly MRSA bacteria; MIT's system typically can determine the absence or presence of this and about 50 other highly contagious or fatal bacteria in hours.
 
   
 
Innovations In Healthcare IT & Telecom Technology
Healthline Networks, Inc.
Dean Stephens, President & COO
San Francisco, CA

Healthline Networks operates Healthline.com, whose unique semantic taxonomy and Medically Guided Search help consumers better navigate the complex world of health information, helping them find their way from search to discovery, from symptom to disease to treatment, or to local physicians and support groups.
iMDsoft, Inc.
Phyllis Gotlib, Co-Founder & CEO
Needham, MA

iMDsoft, Inc.’s MetaVision Suite is a clinical info system solution that automates all areas of patient management, workflow, documentation, and order entry and integrates with customizable, advanced, rules-based clinical decision support and business analysis tools. A particular use is automating local and remote ICUs and perioperative environments.
M*Modal, Inc.
Michael Finke, CEO
Pittsburgh, PA

M*Modal, Inc.’s hosted conversational documentation services help healthcare providers capture clinical information from dictation and transform it directly into accessible, retrievable, and shareable e-files. M*Modal serves hospitals, clinics, and medical transcription companies, with a transaction volume of more than 100 million dictation minutes a year.
 
 
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